Thin Fonts?

Hello all,

I'm starting to put together a layout in Illustrator (I know Inkscape is the officially supported software, but I already have access to Illustrator and know it fairly well). I am excited about this first keyboard design and was thinking of making it a maker design when I am finished, assuming it turns out well.

My design is going to use thin fonts. I'm looking at Poiret One at the moment. In illustrator, I added a .25 border around the font making it a little thicker, but it's still rather thin. This is my first time doing a design project like this, so my question is: is there a minimum thickness that I should shoot for with fonts and linework for it to turn out okay?

My concerns are:

hardware tolerances: Is there a certain threshold below which the printer will have difficulty?
longevity: will it wear faster with a thinner line?
readability: it looks fine on my screen, but will the printed version be more difficult to read?

I've attached a screen cap of what I've got so far. Any feedback/advice would be greatly appreciated!

-Ben

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October 18, 2019 00:28

Hi,

Our printers can handle 600+ dpi, what you have according to the screenshot looks fine. Printing a thin font works best in solid white or black, but it could be done in colors as well. We have not noticed any specific wear trends in thinner lines versus thicker. The font size and line weight will be about as readable as our defaults, it looks like.

If any issues arise while we are processing the design for our print setup, we'll contact you.

Ben H

October 20, 2019 01:36

Great! Thanks and thank you for the quick response!

Thin Fonts?

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